The milestone is Grade II listed and described as "Late Eighteenth Century" and of "stone square plan". The road face reads: London 37 miles and Southend 4. It is one of a series of milestones shown on the Chapman & Andre map of 1777. The series of milestones covered the route from London via: Romford, Brentwood, Shenfield, Hutton, Billericay, Wickford to Rayleigh and then on to Southend.